Comments on: How to Wirelessly Sync Google Calendar to your iPhone

By: kaidoc

kaidoc — Thu, 13 May 2010 15:57:37 +0000

thanks for post of course. but i’m using now mobileme service from apple, and now it becomes free, so ;)

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By: Sun

Sun — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:58:43 +0000

Using Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync: http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2009/feb09/02-09statement.mspx

Its not the same as Microsoft Exchange (the mail server, groupware). It works really well. Even if you are not wifi or 3G, the calendar and contacts will queue the changes then sync whenever you have a network connection. The changes are real-time whenever it is possible. Love it!

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Carl - Web Courses Bangkok — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 18:10:38 +0000

Got to admit, I just use the IMAP feature and its fine. Then do a 15 min update and I have push emails.

Yay

By: Richard Francis

Richard Francis — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 13:26:11 +0000

But if you want a better phone, then you should get an iPhone!

Google sync for iPhone works perfectly for me. I really couldn’t ask for any more…

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Kenali Dan Kunjungi Objek Wisata Di Pandeglang — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 22:41:10 +0000

nice info

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By: blackabee

blackabee — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 02:58:45 +0000

yeah ummm CalDAV is the way to go on the iPhone

By: zombiegames

zombiegames — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 00:23:16 +0000

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By: Kim Siever

Kim Siever — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 21:03:36 +0000

I sync Google Calendar using the exchange protocol that both the iPhone and Google Calendar support. An event added on my iPhone shows up in Google Calendar nearly instantaneously and vice versa. No software to install.

By: Gianluca

Gianluca — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:46:59 +0000

I synced my New iPhone 3GS with all my Google contacts, mail and calendars in no time with the Microsoft Exchange protocol. Working just fine. Life’s easier now :-)

By: jens meijer

jens meijer — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 13:26:19 +0000

I’m using google sync as well and it does the trick very nicely.

In order to sync contacts from my old sony ericsson, gmail contacts and outlook i used : http://www.soocial.com/. They offer a really nice free solution for syncing up your contacts when you start off moving all of these to ical/iphone. Uploading the contacts from your old phone is very easy, you fill out their server details and your login and you can upload them straight away. Once you’ve added contacts from your different devices and applications you can use a webinterface to remove duplicates and clean up your list.

Then sync them back to your google contacts and let google sync pick it up from there..

Sweet!

By: ottoboettcher

ottoboettcher — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 12:53:17 +0000

I love how Google revolutionize the world wide web

By: Dan Griffey

Dan Griffey — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 12:32:27 +0000

Keit,
Google Sync should take over (and probably delete everything) but using straight CalDAV and IMAP makes a great sync, all over the air, and works well.

Dan

By: Keir Whitaker

Keir Whitaker — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 12:29:49 +0000

Hey Dan (and others),

Thanks for the heads up about Google Sync. I tried this a while ago and didn’t have much success (I recall it deleted everything – most likely a lack of RTFM’ing on my part). I’ll definitely have a look into it again though as I obviously missed the 3.0 improvements.

That said I am quite happy with my current solution. Good to have alternatives of course.

By: Khürt Williams

Khürt Williams — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 12:25:00 +0000

A little bit of research and you would have know that Calaboration does NOT sync Google Calendar to iCal. It is a tool that make it easier to setup up iCal to sync to Google Calendar. You can setup Google Calendar to sync with iCal using the instructions on Google’s site.

http://www.google.com/support/calendar/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=99358#ical

To set up CalDAV support for Google Calendar in Apple’s iCal, follow these steps:

Open Apple iCal, go to Preferences and then the Accounts tab.
Click on the + button to add an account.
Under Account Information, enter your Google Account username and password.
Under Server Options, add the following URL:
https://www.google.com/calendar/dav/YOUREMAIL@DOMAIN.COM/user

Replace ‘youremail@domain.com’ with your Google Account username.
Click Add.
Under the Delegation tab, select the calendars you’d like to add to iCal by checking the boxes next to them. You may need to hit refresh to get the latest list of calendars.
Add your email address to your Address Book card by selecting Add Email. You’ll be prompted to add your email address only if your address is not already in your Address Book.

Google Calendar also allows iPhone syncing using Active Sync. http://www.google.com/support/mobile/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=139202

By: Dan Griffey

Dan Griffey — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 12:01:31 +0000

Keir,
I had been having the same problem, and being a person that rarely syncs to my MBP, it was becoming a bit of a pain.
The release of iPhone OS3.0 with CalDAV support changed this – Sync (note: sync not push) over the air with no middle-ware client.
Email is still on Gmail IMAP (set to check manually) and contacts sync whenever I do plug in, as they change the least.

Gmail CalDAV and iPhone work really well together, even over slow GPRS networks – and you can sign up you iCal with CalDAV too so everything is in Sync.

Dan

By: xxdesmus

xxdesmus — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 11:54:47 +0000

Plenty is wrong with Google Sync. NuevaSync will sync your email nearly instantly — that’s a pretty darn big difference. Other limitations of Google Sync:

“The iPhone can synchronize up to 3 email address. Phone number synchronization is limited to 2 Home numbers, 1 Home Fax, 1 Mobile, 1 Pager, 3 Work (one will be labeled ‘Company Main’) and one Work Fax number. ”

AND

“The iPhone doesn’t reflect the attendee status (Yes/No/Maybe) of guests in the user interface of the Calendar application. Google Sync provides a hint in the form of a checkmark in front of a guest’s first name.”

2 big limitations (among some others) if you ask me.

I’ve been using NuevaSync to sync my calendar and contacts for neat 1.5 years now, but I recently subscribed to their premium service for push email and couldn’t be more pleased. They have great tech support if any issues come up as well (literally I tend to get an email reply within 1 hour).

By: James

James — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 11:52:37 +0000

Surely if you’re using Google services (mail/calendar/contacts/etc.), it makes more sense to buy an Android-based phone rather than an iPhone?

By: Stephen

Stephen — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 11:50:12 +0000

Google Sync works great. If you don’t want to use Google Sync, because you want to use work exchange account on your iPhone. Use CalDAV, and you have the best of both worlds and… Each calendar has its own color, and sync over the air instantly.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 11:48:43 +0000

Right, what’s wrong with google sync for iPhone + ical’s CalDAV support?

By: Ben

Ben — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 11:28:24 +0000

I completely agree, Google Sync has PC and Mac support, for both viewing and adding events?

http://www.google.com/mobile/products/sync.html#p=apple

By: Simon Taggart

Simon Taggart — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 11:27:00 +0000

Nice.

I’ve been using Google Mobile Sync for a while though, and apart from mail, it syncs your Google calendar and contacts perfectly.

http://www.google.com/mobile/products/sync.html#p=apple

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 11:25:37 +0000

What’s wrong with Google Sync? http://www.google.com/mobile/products/sync.html#p=default